PIMAX could have used this type of informative presentation video a year ago.. Let's not forget we're STILL waiting on the promised 2 lens sets to be provided for the Crystal. Both of which SHOULD be glass and NOT Plastic(like the 42ppd ones). Let's also keep in mind that PIMAX should allow the user to choose either the 42PPD or the new wider FOV lenses as their 2nd set at no additional cost. Keep to your promise of two lens sets (within stated price for the Crystal), PIMAX.
Thank you for ENG sub. Inputting text and audio information at the same time is an effective way to improve comprehension. This is also proven in a research paper from Stanford University.
Hi! I love the crystal very much, but the CA is very high. I don't mind that, but to say that the crystal has no CA or less CA is not true. Godrays etc. are true, even with very white and bright text on a dark background, there is no glare etc. The clarity is superb, there's no question about it and I'm blown away every time. My only concern or tip to Pimax is don't send out pre-production units to TH-camrs who are not capable of talking to the developers if something doesn't work, or even realise that this is not a final unit. So much BS on YT about the crystal from some YT buffoon and the worst part is that people are now using this kind of information to spread misinformation and haven't even tried the HMD themselves. Believe me, there is such a thing as bad publicity.
@@sean.d7171 I also don't notice CA in game, but it is there, and just to use steam vr or fpsvr, you can see the edges are like rainbows. For me, no big a deal, but people comparing the crystal with the quest pro and well, there are zero CA
Mate, you took the words out of my mouth. I'm also incredibly annoyed about how bad the crystal was received by the TH-cam vr community. I even had doubts myself about my pre-order when Bradley and meteo311 made a collaborate video to trash talk the crystal without mentioning the image quality. It seems like a lot of people just wants it to be bad, because of hatred towards pimax based on shortcomings in the past. Regarding chromatic abortion, I agree with there as well. For me, that's the only artifact that I've ever noticed, which makes it a lot better than any other hmd I've tried. It's clearly there if you're looking for it, if you look a gray straight line or shard edge in a minimalist kind of environment without detail and colour, you can see it, but it's bit gonna bother anyone in game.
@@vicktorfilmbusker5492 100% and i hope more people buy the crystal show the other vr headset co's that pancake lens are not the way to go didn't the star vr1 have a amazing fov with no distortion years ago.
I appreciated this video because while the downsides of Fresnel are very apparent, I didn't know about the differences between aspheric and pancake lenses.
Finally 105 degree HFoV admitted, no longer the 125 degree HFoV false advertising by Pimax. Please keep this trend of being honest with the customers. Would be great if you could influence Pimax to list 105 degree instead of 125 on their specifications web page.
KEEP THIS TREND OF BEING HONEST? HOLY SHIET, HOW NEW ARE YOU TO PIMAX? LYING IS THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER, THEN YOU HAVE WHITE MONKEYS APOLOGIZING FOR MISTRANSLATION.
Great video! I've had the Crystal for roughly 3 months now, and I couldn't have been any happier. I went from the G2 and there is absolutely no comparison, even though the G2 is a very good VR headset, particularly for its price point. But it's like with anything else. If you but a top end sports car and you want maximum performance, you have to pay for that experience. I have no problems with that, though it is too expensive for a lot of users. Much like a top end sports car is too expensive for the average car owner. At the same time we all know that a few years down the line, the Crystal experience will become more and more "average", and the price WILL drop. I even guess that in ten years from now we will be laughing at the fact this headset was the top of the line, and that people were willing to pay so much for it. But if you want the very best as of RIGHT NOW, you know what you have to do. It's time to formulate that wish list to Santa in a way that would make Shakespeare feel proud. Love from Norway ♥♥♥♥♥
I own a Pimax Crystal (mostly play flight sims) and I can confirm that the aspheric lenses are the best in the industry when it comes to clarity. That being said, it would be good if you guys included some through the lens video here so that people could better see the quality they'd be getting.
I can ask you to make videos of the in-game settings and the crystal and various apps, complete settings for ACC iRacing because no one creates videos for us simracing there is only beautiful and complete videos for flight simulators 🙏🙏
Thank you so much for this excellent vidéo ,In décember 2022 at paris I’m speaking with you for the firts test Pimax Crystal In Europe 👍🏻👍🏻 When the Pimax 12k coming Sweviver ??😍😍 Aplushhss /Laurent .
Pimax: Aspheric lenses produce a brighter image over Pancake lenses. Also Pimax at 8:00 : Don't pay attention to the Aspheric lense being darker here! We want our god ray's presentation to also be good! That said, still looking forward to the 12k!
Very insightful video on lenses. Pancake lenses blocking 90% light, explains why we don't see much oled with that technology. It also explains why the quest 3 looks like a dark vignette. You can actually see this at 5:45
Received mine Crystal last Friday.. unfortunately with these aspherical lenses I have a very blurry image. I wore and tilted the HMD in every possible way, I activated and calibrated the eye tracking, automatic IPD, tested various offsets in Pimax Play... nothing to do, the sweet spot is tiny, especially vertically. It's like wearing glasses with the wrong lenses (I don't wear glasses). The quest 3 is vastly better with lenses. I'm returning it.
Hi, i have exact the same experience. Came from the Quest 3 and assumed the lens quality of the Quest with better blacks, colors and a higher resolution. Now i am strongly dissapointed, especially with the lenses. Returned the crystal today and keep the Quest 3 for now.
@@SINfromPL You know.. the Google Pixel VR is an admirable attempt at a headset. I had the joy of playing with a friends Quest3 on Monday evening..i was really impressed. The MR was so good i'm tempted to buy one, and the PCVR is a major improvement over the Quest3. It felt like a Aero or a Crystal in clarity but with, clearly, half of the pixel density - but for $500 it's a pretty solid headset. However, it lacks eye-tracking and DFR, but for $500, what are you expecting!? At some point I'll do a video talking about the highlights of the Quest3.. but until then, i'll be watching your channel, eagerly awaiting your first video, and any meaningful contribution to this world!
@@tallymouse you're just a cringe pimax shill staying in your pimax circlejerk acting like its the best thing ever, listening to white monkeys employed by pimax. pimax has released like about a dozen headsets now and still cant capture 1% of steamvr market, and they dont even talk about portal vr, or standalone crystal. enjoy your chinesium!
The wide, late version of the Crystal is only 125 to 135degrees horizontally which is potato view for us 8K-X users (1700degree horizontal FOV). Not upgrading the 8K-X to the Crystal at all no matter the enthusiasm SweViver gives us.
coming from pimax 5k -> FOV is overrated ;-) i thought i would be blown away by more fov.. but honestly: when a certain amount of FOV is reached, the more is not that necessary any more.. as long as we do not have "perfect" resolution, i would go for more resolution than maximum FOV
Man , I replied to your question Swiviver asking for our thoughts regarding Pimax Crystal in a very constructive , respectful manner and you deleted my comment that had valid points , constructive feedback and questions you could have answered . I guess I raised some issues you don't want highlighted . That really sucks that you won't engage in conversation and sucks you felt you needed to silence me instead. That is a real shame . I guess I'll make a constructive feedback video on the topic for VR enthusiasts like myself who don't earn a living on you tube and are able to provide a complete non biased opinion of a product without having to worry about their income or partnerships taking a hit. I really don't get why you would delete me. That's pretty low and reflects a bad image towards customers like myself who backed you and spent £1700 on your headset. Not a good image at all.
@@fan2hd277none? I got a lot on my headset especially on white text and dark background I can clearly see all the text duplicated in green, and if black I see a rainbow effect
@@Iionmask you either don't have the headset on correctly or it is on the edge of the lens. if you move the headset around and it gets better you will know you don;t have it on correctly
@@laartwork oh no, I use it correctly and I have tried different ipd and foams, it is all over the screen and starts right in the center as soon as I move my head a few degrees, if there is white text it is green. Many other users are also reporting this, I'm not the only one.
I think Pimax has great patents about "aspheric lenses" , I have Quest 3 now with "pancake lenses" . I have no chance to try Pimax with "aspheric lenses" ... so I found this clip, I love Quest 3 but "pancake lenses" seem not enough to my enjoy: glare , foggy by effects of element layers of "pancake lenses" . So I wish Quest 4 will equip other lenses: not fresnel , not pancake, maybe new advanced "Aspheric lenses" patents.
It's nice to see a SweViver video again, it's been a long time :)
I'm looking forward to watching the next episodes ;)
Cheers Martin!
PIMAX could have used this type of informative presentation video a year ago.. Let's not forget we're STILL waiting on the promised 2 lens sets to be provided for the Crystal. Both of which SHOULD be glass and NOT Plastic(like the 42ppd ones). Let's also keep in mind that PIMAX should allow the user to choose either the 42PPD or the new wider FOV lenses as their 2nd set at no additional cost. Keep to your promise of two lens sets (within stated price for the Crystal), PIMAX.
Thank you for ENG sub.
Inputting text and audio information at the same time is an effective way to improve comprehension.
This is also proven in a research paper from Stanford University.
Where or where is our fabled 12K, why must next year be so far away...?
good to see you again SweViver.
Very informative thankyou. The key selling point for me will be the wide FOV lenses. Hope you achieve what you have said in this video about them.
Good to see you back Martin. Hope you’re doing well.
Hi! I love the crystal very much, but the CA is very high. I don't mind that, but to say that the crystal has no CA or less CA is not true. Godrays etc. are true, even with very white and bright text on a dark background, there is no glare etc. The clarity is superb, there's no question about it and I'm blown away every time. My only concern or tip to Pimax is don't send out pre-production units to TH-camrs who are not capable of talking to the developers if something doesn't work, or even realise that this is not a final unit. So much BS on YT about the crystal from some YT buffoon and the worst part is that people are now using this kind of information to spread misinformation and haven't even tried the HMD themselves. Believe me, there is such a thing as bad publicity.
chromatic aberration isn't bad at all i don't notice it
@@sean.d7171 I also don't notice CA in game, but it is there, and just to use steam vr or fpsvr, you can see the edges are like rainbows. For me, no big a deal, but people comparing the crystal with the quest pro and well, there are zero CA
@liebesmaennchen yeah I agree
Mate, you took the words out of my mouth. I'm also incredibly annoyed about how bad the crystal was received by the TH-cam vr community. I even had doubts myself about my pre-order when Bradley and meteo311 made a collaborate video to trash talk the crystal without mentioning the image quality. It seems like a lot of people just wants it to be bad, because of hatred towards pimax based on shortcomings in the past.
Regarding chromatic abortion, I agree with there as well. For me, that's the only artifact that I've ever noticed, which makes it a lot better than any other hmd I've tried. It's clearly there if you're looking for it, if you look a gray straight line or shard edge in a minimalist kind of environment without detail and colour, you can see it, but it's bit gonna bother anyone in game.
@@vicktorfilmbusker5492 100% and i hope more people buy the crystal show the other vr headset co's that pancake lens are not the way to go didn't the star vr1 have a amazing fov with no distortion years ago.
I appreciated this video because while the downsides of Fresnel are very apparent, I didn't know about the differences between aspheric and pancake lenses.
Finally 105 degree HFoV admitted, no longer the 125 degree HFoV false advertising by Pimax. Please keep this trend of being honest with the customers.
Would be great if you could influence Pimax to list 105 degree instead of 125 on their specifications web page.
KEEP THIS TREND OF BEING HONEST? HOLY SHIET, HOW NEW ARE YOU TO PIMAX? LYING IS THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER, THEN YOU HAVE WHITE MONKEYS APOLOGIZING FOR MISTRANSLATION.
Pretty neat and informative. Thanks for the presentation.
Great video! I've had the Crystal for roughly 3 months now, and I couldn't have been any happier. I went from the G2 and there is absolutely no comparison, even though the G2 is a very good VR headset, particularly for its price point. But it's like with anything else. If you but a top end sports car and you want maximum performance, you have to pay for that experience. I have no problems with that, though it is too expensive for a lot of users. Much like a top end sports car is too expensive for the average car owner. At the same time we all know that a few years down the line, the Crystal experience will become more and more "average", and the price WILL drop. I even guess that in ten years from now we will be laughing at the fact this headset was the top of the line, and that people were willing to pay so much for it. But if you want the very best as of RIGHT NOW, you know what you have to do. It's time to formulate that wish list to Santa in a way that would make Shakespeare feel proud. Love from Norway ♥♥♥♥♥
Great video Martin. Well done. 👍
Great video! Well explained! I love my Crystal and I'm really looking forward to the wide lenses!
Ciao Marcin! :) Good video! cheers from Milan
When will standalone PCVR software be introduced. I would love to have Virtual Desktop app added
Great video!
I own a Pimax Crystal (mostly play flight sims) and I can confirm that the aspheric lenses are the best in the industry when it comes to clarity. That being said, it would be good if you guys included some through the lens video here so that people could better see the quality they'd be getting.
I guess you didn't watch the 15:00 mark but went straight to comments
I am lucky enough to own one and can say this is the best headset you can own if clarity is what you are after. For flight, it is simply the best.
I can ask you to make videos of the in-game settings and the crystal and various apps, complete settings for ACC iRacing because no one creates videos for us simracing there is only beautiful and complete videos for flight simulators 🙏🙏
Hi, When changing the lens, I dropped and lost the original pimax crystal screw.
Do you know what size the original screw is?
okay, bye
Thank you so much for this excellent vidéo ,In décember 2022 at paris I’m speaking with you for the firts test Pimax Crystal In Europe 👍🏻👍🏻
When the Pimax 12k coming Sweviver ??😍😍
Aplushhss /Laurent .
My lenses feel rough on the internal LCD side and smooth on the outside facing your eyes. is this normal? should they be cleaned?
Pimax: Aspheric lenses produce a brighter image over Pancake lenses.
Also Pimax at 8:00 : Don't pay attention to the Aspheric lense being darker here! We want our god ray's presentation to also be good!
That said, still looking forward to the 12k!
Very insightful video on lenses. Pancake lenses blocking 90% light, explains why we don't see much oled with that technology. It also explains why the quest 3 looks like a dark vignette. You can actually see this at 5:45
I guess the Bigscreen Beyond can get away wih it since the custom face gasket prevents light bleed.
11:20 omg did they really just dis Brad?
Sweviver crystal Best lens I've used and i had a varjo aero also. Will we be getting 160hz soon or at all?
Received mine Crystal last Friday.. unfortunately with these aspherical lenses I have a very blurry image. I wore and tilted the HMD in every possible way, I activated and calibrated the eye tracking, automatic IPD, tested various offsets in Pimax Play... nothing to do, the sweet spot is tiny, especially vertically. It's like wearing glasses with the wrong lenses (I don't wear glasses). The quest 3 is vastly better with lenses. I'm returning it.
Hi, i have exact the same experience. Came from the Quest 3 and assumed the lens quality of the Quest with better blacks, colors and a higher resolution. Now i am strongly dissapointed, especially with the lenses. Returned the crystal today and keep the Quest 3 for now.
@@alivephotography3712 Quest 3 is much more crystal than Crystal. I love it and after trying the Pimax I love it even more.
Good to see SeeViver back. An expert level return to sanity in a sea of clickbait Crystal misinformation.
A very good video SweViver. 👍 Now all that's missing is a version without a battery and Lighthouse integrated.
I just hacked into Martin's computer and it shows the history of him playing with 12K. He should be talking about 12K, not Crystal.
Nice review!
ah, nice to see you here, please give me back my 15$
😂@@liebesmaennchen
@@tallymouse hello pimax shill!
@@SINfromPL You know.. the Google Pixel VR is an admirable attempt at a headset. I had the joy of playing with a friends Quest3 on Monday evening..i was really impressed. The MR was so good i'm tempted to buy one, and the PCVR is a major improvement over the Quest3. It felt like a Aero or a Crystal in clarity but with, clearly, half of the pixel density - but for $500 it's a pretty solid headset. However, it lacks eye-tracking and DFR, but for $500, what are you expecting!?
At some point I'll do a video talking about the highlights of the Quest3.. but until then, i'll be watching your channel, eagerly awaiting your first video, and any meaningful contribution to this world!
@@tallymouse you're just a cringe pimax shill staying in your pimax circlejerk acting like its the best thing ever, listening to white monkeys employed by pimax. pimax has released like about a dozen headsets now and still cant capture 1% of steamvr market, and they dont even talk about portal vr, or standalone crystal. enjoy your chinesium!
@joshua are you rewarded?
The wide, late version of the Crystal is only 125 to 135degrees horizontally which is potato view for us 8K-X users (1700degree horizontal FOV). Not upgrading the 8K-X to the Crystal at all no matter the enthusiasm SweViver gives us.
coming from pimax 5k -> FOV is overrated ;-)
i thought i would be blown away by more fov.. but honestly: when a certain amount of FOV is reached, the more is not that necessary any more.. as long as we do not have "perfect" resolution, i would go for more resolution than maximum FOV
Man , I replied to your question Swiviver asking for our thoughts regarding Pimax Crystal in a very constructive , respectful manner and you deleted my comment that had valid points , constructive feedback and questions you could have answered . I guess I raised some issues you don't want highlighted . That really sucks that you won't engage in conversation and sucks you felt you needed to silence me instead. That is a real shame . I guess I'll make a constructive feedback video on the topic for VR enthusiasts like myself who don't earn a living on you tube and are able to provide a complete non biased opinion of a product without having to worry about their income or partnerships taking a hit. I really don't get why you would delete me. That's pretty low and reflects a bad image towards customers like myself who backed you and spent £1700 on your headset. Not a good image at all.
I see a lot of chromatic aberration
yes :-) I wrote that as well
I got none on my headset this must be coming from the camera
@@fan2hd277none? I got a lot on my headset especially on white text and dark background I can clearly see all the text duplicated in green, and if black I see a rainbow effect
@@Iionmask you either don't have the headset on correctly or it is on the edge of the lens. if you move the headset around and it gets better you will know you don;t have it on correctly
@@laartwork oh no, I use it correctly and I have tried different ipd and foams, it is all over the screen and starts right in the center as soon as I move my head a few degrees, if there is white text it is green.
Many other users are also reporting this, I'm not the only one.
I think Pimax has great patents about "aspheric lenses" , I have Quest 3 now with "pancake lenses" . I have no chance to try Pimax with "aspheric lenses" ... so I found this clip, I love Quest 3 but "pancake lenses" seem not enough to my enjoy: glare , foggy by effects of element layers of "pancake lenses" . So I wish Quest 4 will equip other lenses: not fresnel , not pancake, maybe new advanced "Aspheric lenses" patents.
When 12k